2020
collaboration with scientists at Integral Molecular
supported by the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation
uCity Science Center
Philadelphia, PA
Collaborators: Edgar Davidson, Ben Doranz, Frank Masciocchi, Joseph Rucker, Angela McQuillan
Laura Splan remotely collaborated with scientists at biotech company at Integral Molecular as a returning Bioartist-in-Residence at the uCity Science Center. Collaboration activities included:
Laura Splan remotely collaborated with scientists at biotech company at Integral Molecular as a returning Bioartist-in-Residence at the uCity Science Center. Collaboration activities included:
...These sorts of illustrations have helped enhance scientific literacy about viruses in recent months, says Laura Splan, a Brooklyn, NY-based artist who was inspired to create abstract representations of SARS-CoV-2...Splan sees the public’s newfound ease with terms like ‘coronavirus’ and ‘cell receptors’ as an opportunity to ‘present a lot more information, and a new language, to people’...
...With the coronavirus outbreak, people worldwide have become preoccupied with a threat so physically small that it can’t be seen. The invisible world of viruses has long fascinated multi-media artist Laura Splan, who is artist in residence at a biotech lab...
Brooklyn-based artist Laura Splan is taking science to the next level – she is turning molecular images and animations into beautiful works of art.
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